Glossary

East African Research refers to academic and scholarly research connected to East Africa through its researchers, institutions, research settings, subjects, or.

Geographic coverage refers to the countries, regions, territories, or geographic areas represented within a research index, database, study, publication, or.

Great Lakes Research refers to academic and scholarly research connected to Africa’s Great Lakes region through its researchers, institutions, communities.

Horn of Africa Research refers to academic and scholarly research connected to the Horn of Africa through its researchers, institutions, communities.

Index coverage refers to the range of research, publications, journals, researchers, institutions, subjects, disciplines, or geographic areas represented within.

Index inclusion criteria are the specific requirements a research index uses to determine whether a journal, publication, researcher, institution, or other.

Indexing criteria are the rules, requirements, and evaluation standards used to determine whether a journal, publication, researcher, institution, or other.

Indexing standards are the rules, principles, and technical or evaluation requirements used to organize, assess, and represent scholarly information within a.

Institutional Affiliation is the formal or professional connection between a researcher, scholar, author, or academic and an organization associated with their.

Institutional Discovery is the process of finding, identifying, and exploring research institutions based on their research activities, expertise, affiliations.